American Home Schools
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American Home Schools |
Michigan children being educated at home by their parents, have an exemption from the requirement to attend public school either under the nonpublic school provision or the home education provision. The nonpublic school provision, 3(a) provides for teaching subjects comparable to those taught in the public schools and comes under the jurisdiction of the state Department of Education. The home education provision, 3 (f) provides for an organized educational program in the specified subject areas and comes under the jurisdiction of the local school district. In either case, there is no requirement to notify or seek approval of the state for the homeschool.
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Summary:
Except as otherwise provided in this section, every parent, guardian, or
other person in this state
having control and charge of a child from the age of 6 to the child's
sixteenth birthday shall send that child to a public school during the entire
school year. The child's attendance shall be continuous and consecutive for
the school year fixed by the school district in which the child is enrolled.
In a school district that maintains school during the entire calendar year and
in which the school year is divided into quarters, a child is not required to
attend the public school more than 3 quarters in 1 calendar year, but a child
shall not be absent for 2 or more consecutive
quarters.
Except if the child is being educated at the child's home by his or her parent or legal guardian in an organized educational program in the subject areas of reading, spelling, mathematics, science, history, civics, literature, writing, and English grammar.